For as long as most moviegoers can remember, Jane Russell's name has been synonymous with the word "bombshell." It's no wonder, as the brunette-tressed beauty gained her fame in no small part due to the twin towers adorning her über-curvaceous frame. Funny thing, though--those fame-making funbags were deemed so scandalous for their time that the release of her debut film, Howard Hughes's burlesque western The Outlaw (1943), was delayed not once but twice. The film finally gained widespread release in 1946 and was an immediate smash, natch, in large part because of Jane's large parts in an anachronistic blouse. Russell's talents went beyond the mere corporeal. She was a gifted comedienne, to be sure, but her acting skills were mostly underutilized, barring standout roles in the saucy comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) alongside fellow sex goddess Marilyn Monroe, the sequel Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955), and the romantic drama The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956). You may be surprised to know that Jane's Hays Code-governed films produced more than just skinnuendo. Those 38Ds fully breach a primitive shower curtain in the 1955 Clark Gable western The Tall Men. It's from a distance but there's no confusing those pink dots for other bodyparts. We bet that every cowboy would have wanted to rustle Jane! Her career simmered down after this role and a few others (most of which we've already mentioned), but to this day the image of Jane in a low-cut prairie-girl top makes men hanker for a tumble in the hayloft.
